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<div><h2 class="subtitle">For SPADE 2.1</h2></div>
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<span class="firstname">Gustavo</span> <span class="surname">Aranda</span>
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<span class="firstname">Javier</span> <span class="surname">Palanca</span>
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<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2005, 2012 Gustavo Aranda, Javier Palanca, Miguel Escriva, Juan Angel Garcia-Pardo</p></div>
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<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
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<dt><span class="preface"><a href="spade.foreword.html">Foreword</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.basic.html">1. Basic Concepts</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.mas.html">Multi-Agent Systems</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.mas.html#spade.basic.mas.fipa">Kickin'it FIPA style</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.im.html">Instant Messaging</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.im.html#spade.basic.im.jabber">XMPP and Jabber</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.im.html#spade.basic.im.jabber.features">XMPP and Jabber Features</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.spadeplatform.html">The SPADE Agent Platform</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.spadelibrary.html">The SPADE Agent Library</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.features.html"></a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basic.whatsnext.html">What's Next?</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.quickstart.html">2. Quickstart Guide</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.quickstart.requirements.html">Requirements</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.quickstart.installation.html">Installation</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.fundamental.html">3. Fundamental Concepts</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.fundamental.platform.html">The Agent Platform</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.basicagents.html">4. Basic agents</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.library.html">The SPADE Agent Library</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.agentmodel.html">The SPADE agent model</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.agentmodel.html#spade.basicagents.agentmodel.connection">Connection to the platform</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.agentmodel.html#spade.basicagents.agentmodel.dispatcher">The message dispatcher</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.agentmodel.html#spade.basicagents.agentmodel.behaviours">The behaviors</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.first.html">My first SPADE agent</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.behav.html">An agent with a behavior</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.agentmodel.communication.html">Agent Communication: Sending and Receiving Messages</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.basicagents.whatsnext.html">What's next</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.platform.html">5. Platform services</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.platform.ams.html">The SPADE Agent Management System (AMS)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.platform.df.html">The SPADE Directory Facilitator (DF)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="ch05s03.html">What's next</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.advanced.html">6. Advanced Behaviour Types</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.advanced.fsm.html">The Finite-State-Machine</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.advanced.eventbehaviour.html">Event Behaviours</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="spade.bdi.html">7. BDI Architecture for SPADE Agents</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.bdi.intro.html">The SPADE BDI Agent Model</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.bdi.kb.html">The Knowledge Base</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.bdi.plans.html">Plans and Services</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.bdi.goals.html">Goals</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="spade.bdi.running.html">BDI in action</a></span></dt>
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<dl><dt>6.1. <a href="spade.advanced.fsm.html#idp33786896">A Finite-State Machine</a>
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